http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T06:02:58Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/382 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/17/02714/3509 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hiltonsxswkeys.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual music and film festival in Austin, Texas concluded its run yesterday and predictably, we have some hotel scene reports.<p>Ryan at the <a href="http://blog.synthesis.net/tag/Four_Seasons">Synthesis blog</a> stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Austin/ian/115196"><b>Four Seasons</b></a> hotel and said his room smelled like something interesting by the end of the trip. He also said the hotel charged him for something he didn't get. On the bright side? He saw Ice Cube in the hotel lobby and the veggie burger is delicious although $22. <p><strike>Meanwhile, <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2008-03-16-can-you-guess#more-16042">Perez Hilton</a> is reporting that singer Van Morrison who is allegedly already blacklisted at the Four Seasons is now banned from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Driskill/local/382"><b>Hotel Driskill.</b></a></strike><p><i>Update: We got word that the Driskill Hotel have juliana 2008-03-17T09:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/16/151425/215 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/cowhide_couch.png" class="imgborder"/><p>The South by Southwest Festival is a-happening again in Austin this week and <a href="http://www.dominomag.com/daily/blogs/scrappy/2007/03/yeehaw_a_cow_hi.html">The Scrappy Girl</a>, a blogger at Domino Magazine, took a visit to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Driskill/ian/123033"><b>Driskill Hotel</b></a> where she came across this cowhide couch.<blockquote><p>Okay, I grew up with cowhide rugs from Argentina. You might say I was raised by them. So you'd think I could handle this cowhide sofa in the Driskill Hotel in Austin. But I couldn't. I think it smelled. Is anyone into it?</blockquote></p><p>On the bright side, <a href="http://www.gridskipper.com/travel/austin/wifi-madness-special-sxsw-austin-edition-244585.php">Gridskipper</a> says the hotel bar has free WiFi. So you make the call---smelly cowhide couch or free WiFi?<p><b>Related Stories:</b><br>&#183; <a href="http://www.dominomag.com/daily/blogs/scrappy/2007/03/yeehaw_a_cow_hi.html">The Scrappy Girl</a> [Domino Mag]<br>&#183; <a href="http://www.gridskipper.com/travel/austin/wifi-madness-special-sxsw-austin-edition-244585.php">WiFi Madness: Special SXSW Austin Edition</a> [G'Skip]<br>&#183; <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g30196-d98474-Reviews-The_Driskill-Austin_Texas-m10559.html">Driskill juliana 2007-03-16T15:17:03-05:00 30.268137 -97.741709 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/